SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME ANATOMICAL GUIDANCE IN A DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE - Patent 2512337

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EP 2 512 337 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.10.2012 Bulletin 2012/43

(21)	Application number: 10842563.8

(22)	Date of filing: 15.12.2010

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 5/103^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2010/060586

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2011/084528 (14.07.2011 Gazette 2011/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

23.09.2010 US 385613 P
15.12.2009 US 286519 P

(71)	Applicant: Emory University
	Atlanta, GA 30322 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	NIE, Shuming Atlanta GA 30319 (US) MOHS, Aaron Atlanta GA 30329 (US) MANCINI, Michael Falmouth VA 22406 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hart, Deborah Mary
	Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME ANATOMICAL GUIDANCE IN A DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE